Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences, University of Wrocław, 50-137 Wrocław, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Aug 2;18(15):8166. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18158166.
The analysis has involved social interactions in a multicultural environment. The social context has been defined by the Vilnius region (Lithuania), where national, religious, and cultural differences exist across generations (multicultural community). The space of "social relationships", as one of the modules of the WHO quality of life assessment, has been studied. An innovation of the research has been related to the analysis of the phenomenon of community of nationalities and cultures as a predictor of quality of life (QoL). The social motive of the research has been the historical continuity (for centuries) of the construction of the Vilnius cultural borderland. Here, the local community evolves from a group of many cultures to an intercultural community. Interpreting the data, therefore, requires a long perspective (a few generations) to understand the quality of relationships. We see social interactions and strategies for building them as a potential for social QoL in multicultural environments.
The research has been conducted on a sample of 374 respondents, including Poles (172), Lithuanians (133), and Russians (69). A diagnostic poll has been used. The respondents were adolescents (15-16 years). The research answers the question: What variables form the interaction strategies of adolescents in a multicultural environment? The findings relate to interpreting the social interactions of adolescents within the boundaries of their living environment. The description of the social relations of adolescents provides an opportunity to implement the findings for further research on QoL.
An innovative outcome of the research is the analysis of 3 interaction strategies (attachment to national identification, intercultural dialogue, and multicultural community building) as a background for interpreting QoL in a multicultural environment. Their understanding is a useful knowledge for QoL researchers. The data analysis has taken into account cultural and generational (historical) sensitivities. Therefore, the team studying the data has consisted of researchers and residents of the Vilnius region. We used the interaction strategies of adolescents to describe the category of "social relationships" in nationally and culturally diverse settings.
这项分析涉及到多元文化环境中的社会互动。社会背景是通过立陶宛的维尔纽斯地区（Vilnius region）来定义的，该地区存在着代际之间的民族、宗教和文化差异（多元文化社区）。作为世界卫生组织（WHO）生活质量评估模块之一的“社会关系”空间得到了研究。这项研究的创新之处在于，分析了民族和文化共同体作为生活质量（QoL）预测因素的现象。这项研究的社会动机是，维尔纽斯文化边疆的建设具有几个世纪的历史连续性。在这里，当地社区从一个多文化群体演变成了一个跨文化社区。因此，解释数据需要从长远的角度（几代人）来理解关系的质量。我们将社会互动和建立关系的策略视为多元文化环境中社会 QoL 的潜力。
这项研究的样本包括 374 名受访者，其中包括波兰人（172 人）、立陶宛人（133 人）和俄罗斯人（69 人）。使用了诊断性民意调查。受访者是青少年（15-16 岁）。研究回答了一个问题：哪些变量构成了多元文化环境中青少年的互动策略？研究结果涉及到在青少年生活环境的范围内解释他们的社会互动。对青少年社会关系的描述为进一步研究生活质量提供了实施研究结果的机会。
这项研究的一个创新成果是分析了 3 种互动策略（对民族认同的依恋、跨文化对话和多元文化社区建设），作为在多元文化环境中解释生活质量的背景。理解这些策略对生活质量研究人员来说是一种有用的知识。数据分析考虑到了文化和代际（历史）敏感性。因此，研究数据的团队由研究人员和维尔纽斯地区的居民组成。我们使用青少年的互动策略来描述在民族和文化多样化的环境中的“社会关系”类别。
